Vash The Stampede: The Humanoid Typhoon

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Vash the Stampede is the man with a $60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. The reason: he’s a merciless villain who lays waste to all those that oppose him and flattens entire cities for fun, garnering him the title “the Humanoid Typhoon.” He leaves a trail of death and destruction wherever he goes, and anyone can count themselves dead if they so much as make eye contact with him — or so the rumors say. In actuality, Vash is a huge softie who claims to have never taken a life and avoids violence at all costs. With his crazy doughnut obsession and buffoonish attitude in tow, Vash traverses the wasteland of the planet Gunsmoke, all the while followed by two insurance agents, Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson, who attempt to minimize his impact on …show more content…

Vash (French for cow), despite being the world’s most wanted man, has never actually killed anyone and is a devout pacifist. However, destruction and massive property damage seem to follow him whereever he goes. Vash prefers to run rather than fight and doesn’t use his gun unless he absolutely needs to. He will also at times spontaneously start babbling in French. Vash is easily the greatest French superhero in the history of comics; his humanistic ideology is the product of his being raised by an idealistic dreamer named Rem. (Yes, that is the name of the brain waves that occur during dreaming; Trigun has lots of name puns.) Vash’s brother Knives was also raised by Rem, but rejected her teachings and believes that humans are worthless vermin that destroy the environment of every planet they inhabit. Knives wishes to wipe out all humans in order to save the various animal and plant life of Gunsmoke. We are also introduced to badass Catholic priest Wolfwood and his giant gun shaped like a cross. Did I mention Trigun gets very silly at times? Wolfwood doesn’t follow any of the clergy rules, smoking, drinking, womanizing, and having little aversion to killing whenever threatened. However, he has his own strong sense of justice and is a loyal

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